To kill a thread

[sashoalm]

TerminateThread will do the job, if you're not concerned about cleanup/releasing of resources.

BOOL WINAPI TerminateThread(
__inout HANDLE hThread,
__in DWORD dwExitCode
);

[JudyL_MD]

Use some kind of signalling mechanism between the thing that detects the termination condition and the thread. That infinite loop should have a check at the top for the condition. Easiest choice in windows is to use an event. Only use TerminateThread as an absolute last resort, only if you can't do it some other way. I've been multithreading for over 20 years and I have never had to use TerminateThread. It leaves your system in a mess, with all sorts of resources still allocated. Judy

[SandipG]

read this article if you cant resist use of TerminateThread() http://www.microsoft.com/msj/archive/SFFF.aspx[^]

[Mark Salsbery]

JudyL_FL wrote:

I've been multithreading for over 20 years

Come on, Judy...since you were a toddler? I'm not buying it ;)

Mark Salsbery Microsoft MVP - Visual C++ :java:

[JudyL_MD]

:-O :-\ :-O My very first job out of college had multithreading in it. Granted it was 8085 assembler inside a cash register instead of C on a windows PC but still ....

[Stephen Hewitt]

Bad advice. See here[^] for details (the documentation also warns against using it).

Steve

[Hamid Taebi]

I think its second times that somebody told about use of TerminateThread and you reply to him or her why its bad with a link. :-D

[Stephen Hewitt]

Yeah, That sounds about right. It's one of those classic mistakes that even "professional" programmers make over and over again.

Steve

[Hamid Taebi]

I personality like to read your replys because they arecomplete and helpful.

[Stephen Hewitt]

Thank you.

Steve